pater
/ˈpeɪtɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname
Example Sentences
- "Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way He spends the good oof that his pater has made Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade."
- "The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me. I'm a thing which every decent middle-class person hates, a problem, like the unemployed, you know, or the ex-soldier. We are always in such a hurry to forget uncomfortable things, and I'm an uncomfortable thing. Poor old dad; he gets me at breakfast; he gets me in the morning paper."
- "Strangled by the wishes of pater / Hoping for the arms of mater / Get to me the sooner or later"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Italic *patēr Latin paterbor. English pater Borrowed from Latin pater (“father”). Doublet of ayr, faeder, father, padre, and père.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpeɪtɚ/
- British English: /ˈpeɪtə/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.